From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S272416AbTG3Bk0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:40:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S272615AbTG3Bk0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:40:26 -0400 Received: from vana.vc.cvut.cz ([147.32.240.58]:45954 "EHLO vana.vc.cvut.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S272416AbTG3BkX (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:40:23 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:40:04 +0200 From: Petr Vandrovec To: Jamie Lokier Cc: Zwane Mwaikambo , "Richard B. Johnson" , James Simmons , Charles Lepple , Linux kernel Subject: Re: Turning off automatic screen clanking Message-ID: <20030730014004.GA22555@vana.vc.cvut.cz> References: <20030730012533.GA18663@mail.jlokier.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030730012533.GA18663@mail.jlokier.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 02:25:33AM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote: > Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > > If the machine had blanking disabled by default, then the > > > usual SYS-V startup scripts could execute setterm to enable > > > it IFF it was wanted. > > > > optimise for the common case, just fix your box and be done with it. > > One of Richard's points is that there is presently no way to fix the > box in userspace. If the kernel crashes during boot, it will blank > the screen and there is no way to unblank it in that state. I know that it is hack, but does not adding (wher ^[ is escape character) append="blanking=^[[9;0]" into /etc/lilo.conf solve this blanking problem? Best regards, Petr Vandrovec vandrove@vc.cvut.cz